Rougga
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Rougga is a town in southern Tunisia located in Sfax Governorate, on the Oued er Rougga wadi. Rougga is the Berber name of the town, which is known as Raqqa in Arabic. The town is located on the site of the Ancient Roman African city and former bishopric Bararus, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Tunisia and Populated places in Tunisia.
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Ecclesiastical history
- Titular see
- Remains
- Theater
- Cistern
- Inscriptions
- See also
- References
- Sources and external links
Rougga is a town in southern Tunisia located in Sfax Governorate, on the Oued er Rougga wadi. Rougga is the Berber name of the town, which is known as Raqqa in Arabic. The town is located on the site of the Ancient Roman African city and former bishopric Bararus, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
== History == A veteran of this city is mentioned in a list of soldiers from Nicopolis, a Roman garrison suburb of Alexandria, Egypt, recruited in Africa province.
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2 mapped locations